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Wattu Population - Muktsar, Punjab

Wattu is a medium size village located in Muktsar Tehsil of Muktsar district, Punjab with total 298 families residing. The Wattu village has population of 1561 of which 818 are males while 743 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wattu village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 10.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wattu village is 908 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Wattu as per census is 953, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Wattu village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Wattu village was 67.46 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Wattu Male literacy stands at 72.44 % while female literacy rate was 61.93 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Wattu village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Wattu village.

Wattu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 298 - -
Population 1,561 818 743
Child (0-6) 166 85 81
Schedule Caste 448 237 211
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.46 % 72.44 % 61.93 %
Total Workers 529 452 77
Main Worker 433 - -
Marginal Worker 96 46 50

Caste Factor

Wattu village of Muktsar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.70 % of total population in Wattu village. The village Wattu currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wattu village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 81.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 252 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.